"YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, DOC," MR. GRIGGS QUIPPED WITH A PAINED SMILE, "LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE."
MR. GRIGGS LEANED HEAVILY ON HIS WALKING STICK, HIS KNUCKLES WHITE WITH FRUSTRATION. "INCONVENIENCE? THIS ISN'T AN INCONVENIENCE, IT'S MY LIFE!" HIS VOICE GREW LOUDERP INTO HIS BONES.
THE DOCTOR'S THOUGHTS WERE A WHIRLWIND OF DISBELIEF AND ANGER. HE HAD DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HEALING OTHERS, AND NOW HE WAS THE ONE IN NEED OF HELP BECAUSE OF A PATIENT'S VIOLENT OUTBURST. THE PAIN IN HIS THIGH WAS INTENSE, BUT HE KNEW HE HAD